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Seder Preparations Checklist
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Seder means "order" because there are so many details to remember.

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AT THE SEDER TABLE

Seder plate with:

  • Sliced Cucumber / celery / potato (Karpas)
  • Lettuce (Chazeret)
  • Horseradish (Marror)
  • Charoset
  • Roasted chicken wing (Zero'ah)
  • Hard boiled egg (Beitzah)

Matzah cover with 3 matzot
Plate of extra matzot
Bottles of grape juice
Bottles of wine
Cup for Elijah
Small bowl of saltwater

AT EACH PLACE
Kiddush cup
Pillow for reclining
Haggadah

SPECIAL ITEMS
Candies for "good questions and answers"
Props to re-create the Ten Plagues
Afikomen prizes

Published: Thursday, April 03, 2003

#3 of 14 in the Aish.com Passover Laws Series
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VISITORS COMMENTS: 3

(1) Mordechai Agasi 3/22/2006
Seder Table Checklist
Passover Seder Table Checklist

The following is a basic list of what you need to run a seder:

Three Matzot
The Matzot can either be part of the Seder Plate (if the plate is so constructed) or left separately. Also, they should be whole.

Matzos Cover

Afikoman bags

Haggadah (the text of the Passover Seder) / Machzor

D'var Torah letter for the Kids

Wine or grape juice

Kiddush Becher (at least 3.3 oz.)

Cork Opener

Saucer (for spilling wine when plagues are mentioned.)

Seder plate with-
Karpas - Potato
Chazeret - Lettuce
Marror - Horseradish
Charoset - Nuts in wine
Zero'ah - Roasted chicken wing
Beitzah - Hard boiled egg

Extra Matzah (covered-optional; This Matzah need not be on the table.)

Salt

Extra Marror (This Marror need not be on the table.)

Towel, napkins

Pillow for reclining

Kittel (a white garment worn by all married men except one who is in mourning. Some have the custom that a Chatan (groom) during the first year of marriage does not wear a Kittel.

Nuts for "good questions and answers"

Nut cracker

Food-
Gefiltefish, Horseradish, Dips, Salads, Chicken Soup, Passover Noodles, Chicken, Meat, Side Dish, Latkes, Kugel, Dessert,

Drinks-
Borsht/Juices/Drinks/Water

Cup of Elijah

Cooked Potatoes

Hard boiled Eggs

Small bowl of saltwater

Afikomen prizes

Leichter / Candles-
Matches / Neronim Cups / Candle Holder / Liquid-Paraffin Candle Wax / Floating Wick.

YAKN'HAZ Candle

48 Hr. Candle for Cooking

Shabbos Clock for Light/Heat/Air conditioner/Fan

Shabbos Blech (Electric)

Mishna Brurah/Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchaso


(2) grovychick 3/11/2006
thanks you helped me with my RS homework
RS normally take 1h but is ment to take 20 mins. With this website i managed to find what i needed in 5 mins and had finished my homework in the set time thank you very much i will use you again.


(3) Anonymous 3/21/2004

Some people use celery as karpas.



About the author:

Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Rabbi Shraga Simmons spent his childhood trekking through snow in Buffalo, New York. He has worked in the fields of journalism and public relations, and is now the Co-editor of Aish.com in Jerusalem.


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